There’s always something fascinating going on in the world of baseball—and there’s always something new. Every Friday morning throughout the season, heading into the weekend, inspired by Zach Lowe’s terrific “10 Things I Like” NBA column for ESPN, we present the Five Fascinations, five fun things going on in the

One year after the Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. became the first player in MLB history to produce 40-plus homers and 70-plus steals in a season, the Reds’ Elly De La Cruz is threatening to form a club of his own: the 40-90 Club. Cincinnati’s budding superstar is off to a

CHICAGO -- This weekend’s matchup between the Brewers and Cubs at Wrigley Field would be a big series no matter who’s managing. But the Pat Murphy-Craig Counsell matchup will have to wait. With Murphy serving the back end of a two-game suspension on Friday, it was Counsell’s former teammate and

You know it’s really Draft season when the first mock draft is out. Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope that our final mocks the night before

Statcast's Expected Weighted On-base Average (xwOBA) is an all-encompassing statistic that looks at a hitter's performance based on quality and quantity of contact. Both a strong indicator of current and future offensive success, xwOBA generally features some of baseball's best hitters at the top of the leaderboard. Last year's top

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Spoiler alert: Christian Scott is joining MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list on Saturday, the same day he’s headed to The Show. The Mets are calling up their top pitching prospect to debut against the Rays at Tropicana Field, the club confirmed Thursday night. That first outing comes when Padres

If you don’t detonate your fantasy baseball roster when the calendar flips to May, why did you even sign up for this game? C'mon, people. Let’s review a few priority pickups for fantasy managers in need of help …

Major League Baseball and NIKE, Inc., the official uniform supplier of MLB, announced Friday that adjustments will be made to all club uniforms following conversations with players, clubs, and their equipment managers. “Player and Club feedback is extremely important to us,” said Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred Jr. “Together

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One down, five (and change) to go. With April comfortably in the rearview mirror, it's time to hand out the first round of monthly awards for the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Here are the eight stars -- household names and new phenoms alike -- receiving honors for their performance

Our first mock draft of the spring is out and, as always, it has elicited many opinions. I wanted to make things easier for folks who haven’t weighed in yet and wanted to. For your copy/paste pleasure: There is no way the [INSERT TEAM NAME HERE] would ever take [INSERT

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It could be a surreal experience for Craig Counsell at Wrigley Field on Friday. After leading the Brewers to five postseason berths in nine seasons and becoming the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, he will face his former team for the first time when the Cubs open a three-game series

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The Twins announced on Friday that they have placed outfielder Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list with right knee inflammation, retroactive to Thursday. Buxton, who left Wednesday’s game in Chicago after experiencing right knee soreness, has played in 28 games this season, hitting .250 (23-for-92) with eight doubles, one

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 26-May 2). Birthdays are important: Anthony Volpe hit an important home run on Sunday -- a birthday homer. At 23 years old, he tied Rusty Torres (Sept. 30, 1971) for the second-youngest Yankees player with

This story was excerpted from Daniel Kramer’s Mariners Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. HOUSTON -- The Mariners put a bow on their first month-plus of the season earlier this week, going 17-13 and ending April in sole

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This story was excerpted from Anthony DiComo’s Mets Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. NEW YORK -- As Brandon Nimmo watched yet another ball die at the warning track Monday night at Citi Field, he did something uncharacteristic,

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. DETROIT -- The words came from Riley Greene like a mantra. “Walks are awesome. I love walks,” the Tigers outfielder said last month during

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This story was excerpted from Thomas Harding’s Rockies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox Double-A Hartford left-handed starting pitcher Carson Palmquist learned to compete before he learned to succeed -- and that’s the proper order. Palmquist, 23, the

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This story was excerpted from the Blue Jays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TORONTO -- Don Mattingly has never watched that episode of The Simpsons. He’s still having fun with it, though, autographing Simpsons-style images of himself